The Benedictine Abingdon Abbey held two hides of land at Garford by the time of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.

Apart from brief interruptions during the reign of William II the Abbey retained Garford until 1538, when it surrendered its lands to the Crown in the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

By the time of the English Civil War Garford was among the estates of William, Baron Craven, who supported the Royalists.

When the Parliamentarians won the civil war the Commonwealth of England's treason trustees confiscated all of the Baron's estates.

[2] The Church of England chapel of Saint Luke dates from the 13th century, but was largely rebuilt in 1880 by Gothic Revival architect Edwin Dolby.

[6] Garden Games, a supplier of outdoor play equipment, is based at Chadwick Farm in the west of the parish.